Full Speech: Obama Calls for Nuclear-Arms Reduction

President Obama called for negotiations with Russia to end the two nations' military posturing, and a reduction of nuclear arms. Photo: Getty Images.

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Kelly and salsa ... you may notice that ... they're not new ... the last thing they wanna do is to listen to another speech for May ... so we're all experiencing the beauty and the history ... of Berlin ... the story ... speaks to us today ... use ... the people of this land of journey from ... trying to principality ... to nation state ... door operation ... and enlightenment ... when I love the land of poets ... and thinkers ... among them ... many will come ... who taught us that ... freedom is the ... onthe originated in Brooklyn demand ... and it belongs to him by force of his humanity ... here ... so to send troops ... this day so that all ... of the world ... it involves ... to the rise and fall of empires ... two revolutions and Republicans ... hard to music and science reflected the height of human endeavor ... but also warm and carnage ... the exposed to the US ... of med school trade demand ... it was here ... the Berliner is ... carved out an island of democracy ... the game's greatest a box ... has already been mentioned they were supported by an airlift of hope ... we are so honored to be joined by ... Colonel Halberstam ready to use all their ... original candy bomber ... we could not be prouder of him ... the the ... I ... while a bit above away when a motive ... during the trial ... Marshall Plan ... studio ... Northam ... told the Atlantic alliance protecting our people ... the malls in the neighborhoods the nations to the east ... drew strength ... from the knowledge that freedom was possible here ... in Berlin ... delays of crackdowns and suppression ... might therefore someday be overcome ... today ... sixty years after their world ... against oppression we remember these German heroes in June seventeen ... when the wall ... finally came down ... he was their dreams ... there were fulfilled ... their strength ... more passion ... their employer example remind us that for all the power of military sprawling story of government it is ... citizens who chose whether to be defined by a wall ... or whether to turn down ... the ... we're also load of other symbols of the job knew we board ... to rebuild ... rice ... it is glistening glass door ... American embassy back its historic Beaumont ... with the close ... the ... and that's where the self ... wants ... the gospel of no man's land ... is now open all ... so while I'm not the first American president to come to this day I'm proud to stand ... on its eastern side of pay tribute to the past ... the the ... all this is with ... the city came home ... to a simple question ... will we live for him ... for insurance ... the government's little to hold ... or universal rights always James ... that suppressed ... in open societies that was the sanctity ... of individual ... free will ... Ford also cited that suffocate in Seoul ... that's forty people ... we stated our convictions long ago ... as Americans we believe that ... all men ... are created equal ... with the right ... to life and liberty ... in pursuit of happiness ... Germans you declare your mystical all ... the dignity of man ... who is inviolable ... the the the ... Lululemon's use of platinum's close to the reversal Declaration of human rights which ... recognizes the inherent dignity and rights of all members of argument them ... this is what was at stake here in Berlin ... all those years ... and the cause ... courageous crowds climbed atop that wall ... because probably dictatorships they waited new democracies ... becoz millions across this comment now breathe of fresh air of freedom ... we can say here in Berlin ... here in Europe ... our values one ... with just one ... small West won ... and played him on ... I ... more than today ... it is also the trial ... we must acknowledge ... that at times be ... of complacency ... among Western democracies ... often come together in places like this chore member history ... not to make it ... that always has no concrete walls ... so Barb wire ... the note and support is across the border ... no visits to fallout shelters ... and so sometimes the assets that ... the great challenges ... somehow passed ... that brings whether the temptation to turn and work ... to think of all persons cannot sweep of history ... to believe that ... we settled ... history suggests ... we can simply enjoy the fruits ... one by foreigners ... I'm here today ... to Berlin to say ... complacency is not ... the character of a break next ... it's ... it's a modest start as there were ... a century ago ... but the struggle for freedom ... and security ... human dignity ... but struggled rolls on ... this setting ... up hope because ... the test of our time demand the same fighting spirit ... that define Berlin ... century ago ... Chancellor Merkel mention the we mark the anniversary of President John F Kennedy a stirring defense of freedom ... embodied in the people of this great city ... his pledge of solidarity ... you can imagine ... relevant ... the the the the ... all the news said ... the dead ... let's remember ... is the challenge the decision to the trouble for ... let me ask you he said so those were letters ... let me ask you to lift your eyes ... be on the dangers of the bed ... and yet afraid of admitting they said ... well he said ... to the days of peace ... with justice ... the results ... of ourselves to all men ... the presenter was taken from us less than six months ... the three spoke those words ... like so many who died in those decades of division he did not live to see Berlin United and three ... instead he lives forever ... the man in our memory ... but his words are timeless because ... they call ... upon us to care more ... about ... things than just our own so stop ... about our own said ... above own country ... they demand that we embrace the common endeavor of all humanity ... if we lift ... our eyes his predecessor President Kennedy ... called us to do ... what can I ... worked as an underdog ... for when you're not only citizens of America or Germany ... we are also citizens of the world ... the states and fortunes ... are linked like never before ... we made all delivered ... in fear of global annihilation ... but so long as nuclear weapons test we are not truly saved ... the the the the ... when the rule ... against terrorist networks but if we ignore the instability and intolerance that fuels extremists ... all in freedom ... will eventually be in danger ... we may enjoy a standard of living that is in the end of the world ... but so long as hundreds of millions and or the beginning ... of an empty stomach ... for the worship of unemployment ... we're not truly prosperous ... the the ... I say all this in the heart of Europe ... our shared past shows that ... not only is childless ... in the middle as we see ourselves as part of something bigger than our own experience ... our alliances is the foundation ... of global security ... our trade and commerce is the engine ... of our global economy ... all values call upon us to care about the lives of people we will never meet ... when you ... can see America lead with the folks instead of ethics ... we do things that goal ... other nations ... can do ... no other nations welded ... so we have to lift up our eyes to the inconsiderate ... the day in peace with justice that our generation wants this war ... I'd suggest the peace with justice begins with the example we said your home ... we know from our own histories ... that intolerance breeds injustice ... whether it's based on race or religion ... gender ... or sexual orientation ... we strolled her love of all people no matter what they ... what they look like ... are granted opportunity ... the one I was in hard dollars at the same opportunities ... as our husbands and sons ... the ... the the ... I ... when was ... the biggest brightest in our churches and synagogues mosques ... and temples ... for more secure ... we welcome ... the emigrants with his talents ... former Marines ... we are renewed ... I ... when we spend ... toward a lesbian brothers and sisters them ... the the liberty of ... the more we and all people to increasing hatred ... Wall ... well as walls exist ... the reports ... to sew quilts for most of all look like us to ... think like us are working ... as we do ... and we're going have to work ... harder ... to go ... to bring the most walls of division to ... peace with justice ... means free enterprise that reaches the talents and creativity that reside ... in each of us ... daughter ... models direct economic growth and the top down ... or was solely on the resources ... extracted from the euro but we believe ... the real prosperity comes from our most precious resource ... our people ... that's why we chose to invest in education ... and science and research ... the ... lol ... as we emerge from recession we must not work well for me it's all about widening inequality ... for the playing of used for unemployed ... we look to build new ladders of opportunity in our old societies that ... as we pursue new trade and thus have the fuel sprawled across the Atlantic ... America will stand with Europe is your strength in your union and we wanna work ... with you to make shore ... every person ... can enjoy the dignity that comes from work ... whether they live in Chicago or Cleveland ... or Belfast or when that happens or Madrid ... everybody deserves opportunity ... the problem is ... looking pretty good ... the ... the ... this means extending it ... to most to reach for free ... moreover they live ... different peoples and cultures will fall of Rome ... but ... we must reject the law ... for those who live in distant places don't you're in for freedom and ... self determination just like we do ... they don't ... Somalia and her ... dignity rule of law just like we do ... we cannot dictate the pace of change in places like the Arab world but we must reject ... the excuse ... that we can do nothing to support ... the ... so inform all of advancing the values we believe in whether it's supporting Afghans as they take responsibility for their future ... for working for ... an Israeli Palestinian peace ... for engaging ... as we didn't grow but to help with space for Brady people to emerge from decades of dictatorship ... and essentially these are the citizens who long to join the free world ... for ... you or ... they deserve ... support ... they told ... him there always are citizens of Berlin ... to help them ... the the ... I ... I ... this means for so in ... the security of a world without nuclear weapons ... this to the three maybe ... salt was on the strength of our efforts to stop the spread of ... nuclear weapons ... and reduce the number of all America's nuclear weapons ... the new start treaty were on track to cut ... American and Russian deployed nuclear warheads to their lowest levels since the nineteen fifties ... more work to do ... so to the melting additional steps forward ... granted when you are determined that we can ensure the security of America ... and our allies ... and maintain a strong and credible strategic deterrent ... while traditional deployed strategic nuclear weapons ... by ... up to one third ... I intend to seek a negotiated talks with Russia upped him all the ... cold war nuclear weapons ... the the the ... more work ... many loans to seek bold reductions in U S ... and Russian tactical weapons ... in your ... we can forge a new international framework for ... peaceful nuclear power ... project ... the nuclear ... modernization ... that North Korea ... and Iran may be seeking ... will host a summit ... in twenty sixteen to continue our efforts to secure war ... nuclear materials around the world ... and we will work to build support in the United States to ratify the comprehensive ... nuclear Test ban treaty and call on all nations to begin negotiations often treated as the production ... of fissile materials for nuclear weapons ... these are steps we can take ... to create ... a world ... of peace with justice ... the the the ... I ... this would all this mean for you going to condemn our children to almost rule ... hospital board level ... the effort to slow climate change were quite bold action ... on the German in Europe ... lead ... in the United States we have recently doubled our noble energy from clean sources like wind and solar power ... we're doubling fuel efficiency of our cars ... are dangerous carbon emissions have come down but ... we know we have to do more ... we will do more ... the the ... with a global middle class consuming more energy every day it was most notably in the first ... of all nations the deal so ... for the great Walter live up ... to all nations ... more severe storms ... more evident ... new waves of refugees ... post was that the oceans the trial ... this is the future we must divert ... this is a global rout of the top ... for the sake of future generations ... our generation must move toward a global compact ... to confront ... the changing climate before it is too late ... that is our job that is ... the half to get to ... Disney has meaning or more ... we hold a moral obligation ... interest in helping lift ... the unpublished corners of the world ... by promoting gross always spare a child born ... today in a lifetime of extreme poverty ... by investing in agriculture so we are descending phone but ... also teaching farmers to grow food ... by strengthening public Elsa were not just any medicine ... but training doctors and nurses ... will help and the outrage of children dying from preventable diseases ... making sure that ... we do everything we can to realize the promise of achievable ... promise ... of the first ... AIDS free generation ... that is something that is possible ... if we feel sufficient said to her ... I ... to be about more than just serve ... the new models and empowering people ... to build institutions ... dead men on the run up a lot ... to fully privatize of trade not just a ... both would love to the mom ... the nations ... are seeking to rise ... and increase ... their capacity ... because one day succeed we will be more successful as well ... so what ... we cannot ignore ... Bowles ... for your name not only for freedom ... but also prosper ... and finally let's remember the peace with justice ... really the same boat ... the security of the society's as the openness that defines ... the thrust of freedom ... don't really come from the outside ... they can emerge from within ... volunteers ... from the disengagement of our citizens ... moreover the ... Americas been at war ... March has not changed ... over the ... the five years since I last spoke to ... in Berlin ... there are four small ... war is coming to an end ... Osama bin Laden ... is no more ... all the perks against al Qaeda ... all Baldwin ... and yet the changes last month I spoke ... about America's efforts against terrorism ... Nigel inspiration from all of our common thoughts James Madison ... the world ... no nation ... could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual ... warfare ... Chinese medicine is like ... which is why even as we remain vigilant about the threat of terrorism ... we must all be on the mindset of perpetual war ... and in a matter that means read all the efforts to close ... the prison at Guantanamo ... the ... the the the the the ... Ms ... controlling ... for use of new technologies like Rome ... it means balancing before so ... OT security with the protection of privacy ... the the the Luskin is fraud ... on top of another ... on top of him ... Germany's we can teach each other sites ... while at the same time maintaining ... most essential values ... for which we fought for ... programs are bottom of the rule of law and their focus ... on threats to our security and other communications bordered persons ... they help confront real dangers ... than eighty people say that you're in the United States ... you know ... but we must accept the challenge ... that ... all of us in democratic governments banks ... to listen to voices ... what does away with us ... the the ... about ... how we use our powers ... and how we must constrain them ... and always remember that government exists to serve the power of the individual ... and not the other way around ... that's what makes us who we are ... and that's what makes us different ... from the end of this the ... other day ... I ... more states who are better bets ... while reaching for the day of peace and justice that is to come ... presumably use the guidance ... the values of its clothes ... the principles that bind us together this free peoples ... we still believe ... the words of ... Dr Martin King Jr then ... injustice anywhere is the right to justice everywhere ... we should S ... should anyone basketball generation refers to meet his chest ... but in the SS President Kennedy's ... words ring true today let them come to Berlin ... for here there will find people who emerge from the ruins of war to reap the blessings of peace ... from the pain of division to the joy of reunification ... and you know they will work all the people ... trapped behind a wall with bullets ... and John Harbaugh ... and dashed across minefields and Option titles and love from buildings and swam across this trend ... to claim their most basic right of freedom ... the the ... you'll ... last week ... the kids you might as well ... know that im ... but for us ... call us ... to live ... to those I've studied ... here are the young people can find a job in our own countries and the girls ... Warren love to go to school ... overseas ... to be vigilant consider adding our own freedoms but also to extend a hand to those ... who are reaching ... for freedom abroad ... this is the lesson of the ages ... this is this spirit of Berlin ... the greatest tribute to weaken it also came before us ... my carried on their work ... to pursue peace ... and justice ... not only our countries but for all mankind ... I ... the the the ... and the United States ... the the ... I ... and ... I ... I ... I ... the ... I ...